Time Warped Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception by Claudia Hammond
$31.99 AUD
Category: Science
Why does life speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head sometimes move at a different speed from the one on the wall? Time rules our lives, but how much do we understand it? And is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it? Drawing on the latest research fro ...Show more
Vitamania Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection by Catherine Price
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
The startling story of our devotion to vitamins - and how it keeps us from good health. Health-conscious Australians seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe that vitamins are always beneficial ...Show more
PanarchyUnderstanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems by Lance H. Gunderson
$79.95 AUD
Category: Science
Creating institutions to meet the challenge of sustainability is arguably the most important task confronting society; it is also dauntingly complex. Ecological, economic, and social elements all play a role, but despite ongoing efforts, researchers have yet to succeed in integrating the various discipl ...Show more
The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems ... and Create More by Luke Dormehl
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
What if everything in life could be reduced to a simple formula? What if numbers were able to tell us which partners we were best matched with - not just in terms of attractiveness, but for a long-term committed marriage? Or if they could say which films would be the biggest hits at the box office, and ...Show more
The Measure of All Things by Ken Alder
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
The Measure of All Things tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics and the dream of a new economy converged to produce both the metric system and the first struggle over globalization. Amidst the scientific fervour of the Revolution two French scientists, Delambre and Mechain, were sent ou ...Show more
101 Bets You Will Always Win: The Science of the Seemingly Impossible by Professor Richard Wiseman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
Attracting over 350 million views, Richard Wiseman's Quirkology YouTube channel has attracted legions of fans with its engaging blend of science and illusion. In this astonishing collection of fun tricks and puzzles you will discover the amazing secrets to 101 seemingly impossible bets, including how to ...Show more
Mind - Journey to the Heart of Being Hum by Daniel J. Siegel
$38.95 AUD
Category: Science
Neuroscience studies the brain. A full examination of what we mean by the term "mind" has traditionally been the province of philosophers but here Daniel Siegel explores what neuroscience can teach us about it-how the mind differs from consciousness and how we know who we really are. In Mind, Siegel, Th ...Show more
The Bumper Book of Things Nobody Knows: 1001 Mysteries of Life, the Universe and Everything by William Hartston
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
A witty and fascinating exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond. There are many, many things that nobody knows... Do animals have a sense of humour? Why do we have five fingers? What did Jesus do in his youth? Has human evolution sto ...Show more
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
"This is empirical poetry. A fascinating tale of human curiosity beautifully told, and with black holes and lasers too." (Robin Ince). Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong gravitational wave will briefly change that distance by less than the thickness of a human hair. We have perhaps less ...Show more
The Brain: Everything You Need to Know by New Scientist
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don't get an owner's manual. You have to just plug and play. As a r ...Show more
The Genes That Make Us: Human stories from a revolution in medicine by Edwin Kirk
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Genes -- we all have them and we're all affected by them, often in unknown ways. Whether directly inherited or modified by our environment, genes control or significantly influence almost every aspect of our lives, from the success of our conception and the development of our sexual characteristics, to ...Show more
The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Hunt to Cure Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Save His Son by Tracie White; Ronald W. Davis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Based on a viral article, the gripping medical mystery story of Ron Davis, a world-class Stanford geneticist who has put his career on the line to find the cure for chronic fatigue syndrome, the disease killing his son.